Mohd Hazri is a civil engineer from Jabatan Pengairan & Saliran (JPS) involved in various work related to hydraulic structure analysis for water resources management. He received his Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1999 and later was awarded a Master in Science of Water Resources Engineering by Universiti Teknologi Mara in 2015. He started his career as a civil engineer at JPS in 2000 and has been assigned to River Engineering Division, Hydrology & Water Resources Management Division and Design & Dam Division. Mohd Hazri has been involved with many research studies on integrated river management and dam safety management based on the Malaysian Dam Safety Management Guidelines (MyDAMS). He also has experience managing projects from concept to completion while becoming a district engineer in the State of Selangor from 2005 until 2008.